My desire to become a teacher came about very early on in my life. As a young elementary school student, I enjoyed the games and activities that my own teachers planned, and I often found myself designing my own ways of teaching. At that age, anytime anyone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would immediately answer “a teacher”. Eventually I grew out of this stage for a period of time, but I still knew I wanted a job that involved working with and helping people. During middle school and the beginning of high school, I discovered that math and science were my strong subjects and I really enjoyed studying them. I began to contemplate other future occupations involved in the math and science fields, but teaching was always at the back of my mind. During senior year of high school, I had the opportunity of interning in a seventh grade classroom for the whole year. Because I was still unsure of what I wanted to go to college for at the beginning of senior year, I decided that this internship would either rule out teaching from my future, or confirm it depending on how well I liked it. I worked closely with the teacher and students one morning a week from September to June. I noticed how quickly I became attached to both the teacher and students and I looked forward to those three hours more than any other time of the week. During the internship, I was able to create some of my own lesson plans, grade papers, work one-on-one with the students, and administer some quizzes. I loved every aspect of it, especially the feeling I got when I witnessed the students making progress after I taught them. By graduation in June, I knew I wanted to come to college to become a science teacher.
During senior year of high school, I had the opportunity of interning in a seventh grade classroom for the whole year. Because I was still unsure of what I wanted to go to college for at the beginning of senior year, I decided that this internship would either rule out teaching from my future, or confirm it depending on how well I liked it. I worked closely with the teacher and students one morning a week from September to June. I noticed how quickly I became attached to both the teacher and students and I looked forward to those three hours more than any other time of the week. During the internship, I was able to create some of my own lesson plans, grade papers, work one-on-one with the students, and administer some quizzes. I loved every aspect of it, especially the feeling I got when I witnessed the students making progress after I taught them. By graduation in June, I knew I wanted to come to college to become a science teacher.